# Marco Rose
**Marco Rose** (born 1976 in Leipzig) is a German football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club [AFC Bournemouth](https://www.edgepedia.org/afc-bournemouth), having previously managed [RB Leipzig](https://www.edgepedia.org/rb-leipzig), Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Red Bull Salzburg.[1](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/marco-rose/trainer) • [2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/marco-rose-bournemouth-influenced-by-klopp-tuchel-rangnick) A product of the [Red Bull](https://www.edgepedia.org/red-bull) coaching school, he is known for aggressive high pressing, immediate counter-pressing, and fast vertical attacks.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976, Leipzig, then East Germany (GDR)[4](https://www.transfermarkt.com/marco-rose/bilanztrainer/trainer/24197) |
| Playing career | 119 second-division and 65 Bundesliga games for VfB Leipzig, Hannover 96, and FSV Mainz 05; promotion with Hannover in 2002 and Mainz in 2004[5](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Marco%20Rose/01/9957) |
| Salzburg honors | Two Austrian Bundesliga titles, the Austrian Cup, and the 2017 UEFA Youth League[6](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy71z5zenx7o) • [7](https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/02/58/93/20/2589320_DOWNLOAD.pdf) |
| Leipzig honors | DFB-Pokal 2023 and the German Super Cup; 125 matches with 72 wins, 22 draws, and 33 defeats[8](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/rb-leipzig-dismiss-head-coach-marco-rose-klopp-31514/) |
| Current role | Bournemouth head coach from 20 April 2026, on a three-year contract beginning after the 2025/26 season[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/marco-rose-bournemouth-influenced-by-klopp-tuchel-rangnick) |
| Coaching license | UEFA Pro Licence[4](https://www.transfermarkt.com/marco-rose/bilanztrainer/trainer/24197) |
## Playing career
A native of Leipzig, then part of East Germany, Rose came into the world in 1976 and entered the youth ranks of Lokomotive Leipzig ten years later, in 1987.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) As a player he was a second-division left-back rather than a star, but he made 119 second-division and 65 [Bundesliga](https://www.edgepedia.org/bundesliga) appearances for VfB Leipzig, Hannover 96, and FSV Mainz 05.[5](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Marco%20Rose/01/9957) He won promotion to the Bundesliga with [Hannover 96](https://www.edgepedia.org/hannover-96) in 2002 and with Mainz 05 in 2004, the latter under a young [Jürgen Klopp](https://www.edgepedia.org/jurgen-klopp), whose pressing football and personal style became the twin references of Rose's own coaching.[5](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Marco%20Rose/01/9957) • [3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) He ended his professional playing career in 2010.[9](https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/CoachingCoachedu/02/64/11/11/2641111_DOWNLOAD.pdf)
## Coaching career
**Early posts and Salzburg.** His first management job was keeping 1. FC Lok Leipzig in the German fourth division, where the DFB Datencenter records 30 Regionalliga Nordost matches with 9 wins, 9 draws, and 12 defeats.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) • [1](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/marco-rose/trainer) Red Bull then brought him into Salzburg's youth setup, and he coached the club's U19 side from July 2016 to June 2017.[10](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe41077/marco-rose/) Winning the 2017 [UEFA Youth League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-youth-league), with victories over Lazio, Dortmund, and [Real Sociedad](https://www.edgepedia.org/real-sociedad) along the way, earned him promotion to the first team that summer.[7](https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/02/58/93/20/2589320_DOWNLOAD.pdf) In two seasons with the senior side he won two Austrian Bundesliga titles and the Austrian Cup, and reached the Europa League semi-finals in 2018.[6](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy71z5zenx7o) • [3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) A 3-2 win away at RB Leipzig, beating [Ralf Rangnick](https://www.edgepedia.org/ralf-rangnick)'s side at its own pressing game, announced him in Germany.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose)
**Borussia Mönchengladbach.** Rose moved to [Mönchengladbach](https://www.edgepedia.org/monchengladbach) in 2019 and took the club to the Champions League round of 16 for the first time since 1977.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) The DFB Datencenter records 87 matches there with 40 wins, 19 draws, and 28 defeats.[1](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/marco-rose/trainer) His pressing sides were noted for strategic organization rather than raw intensity, often using a mid-block as the precondition for the press.[11](https://totalfootballanalysis.com/head-coach-analysis/marco-rose-borussia-monchengladbach-2020-21-tactical-analysis-tactics)
**Borussia Dortmund.** In mid-season he activated a release clause to join [Borussia Dortmund](https://www.edgepedia.org/borussia-dortmund), a decision that made him unpopular in Mönchengladbach. Dortmund finished second in the Bundesliga in 2021-22 but conceded 52 league goals and exited Europe early, and the club and Rose parted company after one season, in May 2022.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) • [12](https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/eng/News/Overview/BVB-and-Marco-Rose-part-company.html) His Dortmund record was 45 matches with 27 wins, 3 draws, and 15 defeats.[1](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/marco-rose/trainer)
**RB Leipzig.** In September 2022 Rose returned to his home city as RB Leipzig head coach, and his first match in charge was against Dortmund, the club he had left only weeks before.[13](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/videos/watch/watch-marco-rose-back-to-the-roots-3EiVmil1) In his first season he won the [DFB-Pokal](https://www.edgepedia.org/dfb-pokal), beating [Eintracht Frankfurt](https://www.edgepedia.org/eintracht-frankfurt) 2-0 in the 2023 final with goals from [Christopher Nkunku](https://www.edgepedia.org/christopher-nkunku) and Dominik Szoboszlai, and added the German Super Cup, while twice qualifying for the Champions League.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) • [8](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/rb-leipzig-dismiss-head-coach-marco-rose-klopp-31514/) Results declined in 2024-25: the team could not manage back-to-back wins after December, won only one of eight Champions League league-phase fixtures, and a 1-0 defeat to Mönchengladbach left Leipzig sixth. Leipzig dismissed him on 30 March 2025, with his final record 125 matches, 72 wins, 22 draws, and 33 defeats.[8](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/rb-leipzig-dismiss-head-coach-marco-rose-klopp-31514/) The DFB Datencenter lists a slightly different league-and-cup split of 122 matches with 68 wins, 22 draws, and 32 defeats.[1](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/marco-rose/trainer)
**Bournemouth.** After 17 months out of work, during which he was also reported as a candidate for Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth confirmed Rose as head coach on 20 April 2026, succeeding [Andoni Iraola](https://www.edgepedia.org/andoni-iraola) on a three-year contract beginning after the 2025/26 season; he started work on 1 June 2026.[6](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy71z5zenx7o) • [2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/marco-rose-bournemouth-influenced-by-klopp-tuchel-rangnick) • [3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) It is his first post outside German-speaking football.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) He brought Marco Kurth and Frank Geideck, colleagues from his Leipzig and Mönchengladbach staffs, into his backroom team.[14](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4673195/the-briefing-roses-first-day-brentfords-future-plans-and-transfer-news)
## Tactical style
Rose's footballing identity has remained unchanged over the past ten years: an intense pressing game, immediate pressure after losing possession, quick attacks directed forward, and a passionate, individual approach to handling players, captured in his own motto of emotionality, hunger, and activity.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) His preferred structures are narrow and central. At Salzburg he used a 4-3-1-2 diamond; at Leipzig his cup-winning side played the narrow 4-2-2-2 that is the house style of the Red Bull clubs, with two strikers, two number 10s tucked inside, and full-backs providing the width.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) He is more flexible in his starting formation than many coaches from the Red Bull school.[15](https://tacticalfootballanalysis.com/marco-rose-tactics-bournemouth-2026-2027-tactical-analysis/)
The cost of the approach is the space behind a high line: when the press stops biting, the risks remain, which the Dortmund season, with 52 league goals conceded, illustrated.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) He selects players for athleticism and pressing workload, and his training is built on repeated rehearsal of pressing triggers, counter-pressing reactions, and fast transitions to goal.[3](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose) His approach borrows from Klopp and Thomas Tuchel, under whom he played at Mainz, and from Ralf Rangnick, under whom he worked at Salzburg.[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/marco-rose-bournemouth-influenced-by-klopp-tuchel-rangnick)
## References
1. [Marco Rose, Trainerprofil, DFB Datencenter](https://datencenter.dfb.de/personen/marco-rose/trainer)
2. [Marco Rose to Bournemouth: Why Coach Influenced by Klopp, Tuchel and Rangnick Makes Sense for Cherries, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/marco-rose-bournemouth-influenced-by-klopp-tuchel-rangnick)
3. [Marco Rose: Coaching Analysis, Coach Notes](https://coachnotes.co.uk/blogs/coaching-analysis/marco-rose)
4. [Marco Rose, Record against another manager, Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.com/marco-rose/bilanztrainer/trainer/24197)
5. [Marco Rose, Munzinger Biographie](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Marco%20Rose/01/9957)
6. [Bournemouth will be in good hands with Rose, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy71z5zenx7o)
7. [UEFA direct #182 (27.12.2018)](https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/02/58/93/20/2589320_DOWNLOAD.pdf)
8. [RB Leipzig dismiss head coach Marco Rose, Bundesliga.com](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/rb-leipzig-dismiss-head-coach-marco-rose-klopp-31514/)
9. [The Technician 2018/19, UEFA](https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/CoachingCoachedu/02/64/11/11/2641111_DOWNLOAD.pdf)
10. [Marco Rose: Career, Stats & Clubs, worldfootball.net](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe41077/marco-rose/)
11. [Marco Rose's BMG pressing masterclass, Total Football Analysis](https://totalfootballanalysis.com/head-coach-analysis/marco-rose-borussia-monchengladbach-2020-21-tactical-analysis-tactics)
12. [BVB and Marco Rose part company, bvb.de](https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/eng/News/Overview/BVB-and-Marco-Rose-part-company.html)
13. [Watch: Marco Rose: Back To The Roots, Bundesliga.com](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/videos/watch/watch-marco-rose-back-to-the-roots-3EiVmil1)
14. [The Briefing: Bournemouth's Rose era begins, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4673195/the-briefing-roses-first-day-brentfords-future-plans-and-transfer-news)
15. [Marco Rose Bournemouth Tactics 2026/27, Tactical Football Analysis](https://tacticalfootballanalysis.com/marco-rose-tactics-bournemouth-2026-2027-tactical-analysis/)
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